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Nephroma australe

Western Valley, Banks Peninsula.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 23/06/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Banks Peninsula.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 16/08/2020, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Mt Cheeseman skifield road, Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 15/09/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Hinewai Reserve, Banks Peninsula.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 19/10/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Mt Somers, Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 22/09/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Wainuiomata Forest.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 27/11/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 12/09/2020, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO

Structural class

Lichens - Foliose

Lichen substrates

Corticolous (bark, wood), Saxicolous (rock)

Substrate details

Corticolous, saxicolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Nephroma

Family

Nephromataceae

Authority

Nephroma australe A.Rich.

Synonyms

Nephroma australe f. homalodes, Nephroma australe var. rigidum, Nephroma homalodes, Nephroma pruinosum, Nephroma resupinatum var. pruinosum, Nephroma schizocarpum, Nephroma zelandicum f. squamaecolum, Nephroma zelandicum, Opisteria australis, Opisteria homalodes, Opisteria schizocarpa

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

australe: Southern, from the Latin australis

NVS code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

NEPAUS

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Galloway D.J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Wellington: PD Hasselberg, Government Printer. 662 pp.

Galloway D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. 2nd edition. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press. 2261 pp.

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